The little restaurant on the corner of Perkins Road and Balis Drive has been through a lot in recent years. It was Marcello’s. Then it was Romacelli. Then it was Portico. Then it was Table Kitchen & Bar. But Marcello’s has returned to claim the spot it left in 2012, bigger and better and ready to break the location’s curse in the Southdowns Shopping Center.

The team has brought with it a menu familiar to old regulars and those who frequent the New Orleans and Lafayette locations—upscale but rustic Italian fair. You’ll find plenty of classics, like lasagna and parmigiana (both veal and chicken), and lots of the more unusual, like pisto manchego, a Spanish-style ratatouille cooked in cast iron with burrata, herb gremolata and focaccia.